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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 13h

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Umbra @umbraviolet.bsky.social · 14h

the open world stuff got repetitive but the weed farm dlc was a lot of fun

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 15h

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 15h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Umbra @umbraviolet.bsky.social · 14h

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Umbra @umbraviolet.bsky.social · 16h

Satire site

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zoraal ja's psychoanalyst @zoraalja.bsky.social · 1d

remember this phenomenal fucking post

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Umbra @umbraviolet.bsky.social · 1d

One of my funniest moments in Abiotic Factor has been when we went to an extremely cold zone and I kept drinking coffee to get a cold resistance buff, but right before a major point in the story my character had to shit so I had to teleport all the way back to base to use the toilet

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

It only happened once

New York Post headline “Beat the Meatles” about the Beatles doing sex stuff together

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 2d

it's been repeatedly proven that giving people free money is cheaper than not doing it

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Electrek @electrek.co · 2d

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally

Solar and wind power aren’t just keeping up with global electricity demand anymore – they’re pulling ahead. According to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember, solar and wind combined outpaced global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025. That shift led to a drop in both coal and gas generation compared to the same period last year. For the first time ever, renewables generated more power than coal globally. more…

electrek.co

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Baja - JELLY STARS BACKERKIT ! @baja.bsky.social · 2d

The Zooble Chair

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Xeni ☀️🐉 @xeni.meteormagic.dev · 2d

BLACK SUN

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Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 3d

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

ino.to

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Umbra @umbraviolet.bsky.social · 3d

that same person later got an entire canister of pepper spray dumped into their air vent so things weren’t all peachy

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Umbra @umbraviolet.bsky.social · 3d

weird looking pen

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max @gaydragon.bsky.social · 5d

action/platformer speedruns: yea we have to do 100 frame perfect tricks to clip through all these sections and it's all skill based and precise practice and speed

old jrpg speedruns: WE HAVE TO TORTURE THE GAME BY RIPPING ITS SOUL OUT AND REPLACING IT WITH DR MARIO TO FORCE IT TO DO OUR BIDDING

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Umbra @umbraviolet.bsky.social · 5d

Out of morbid fascination and a desire to not be able to be accused of being in an echo chamber, every time I see some terf post I end up deep diving into more posts and writings and it’s made me feel so shitty for being trans I have a hard time even feeling comfortable calling myself a woman

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